reply for marsha : Dis 1 I chose the story, The Gift of the Magi, about a young couple who loved each other but sacrificed their nicest assets to give each other Christmas gifts. The conflict in the story is the fact that the loving couple were not wealthy,so they each sold something that was of value to them to buy Christmas gifts for each other; The theme of the story is Love and Adoration. The couple obviously love each other and care a lot about each other, because of their sacrifices -Della cut her beautiful hair and sold it to buy Jims present and Jim sold his familys heirloom watch to buy a present for Della (O Henry, 1906). The literary elements/techniques that I selected are: : the narrator refers to the magi like the Three Kings who gifted the baby Jesus with three gifts gold, frankincense and myrrh. The Three Kings were called the Magi. : The outcome of the story was not anything like what I expected and it was ironic that each character sold something of value to the other, but what they sold was what they had bought the gifts for, Dellas hair was sold to buy the chain for Jims watch and Jim sold his watch to buy combs for Dellas hair. : All though the story, the narrator describes the characters actions, thoughts and feelings partly in proper nouns(their first names) and in the pronouns he, she and they. Reply for Derek Dis 2
